Bathing-suit.



No. 873,713. PATENTED DEO. 17, 1907.

J. BULLIS. BATHING SUIT.

APPLICATION FILED DEG-8. 1906.

I TE JANNETTE BULLIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

' BATHING-S'UIT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 17, 1907.

' Application filed December 8, 1906. Serial No. 346.919-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that JANNETTE Burns, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York andState of New York, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bathing-Suits, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an economical and serviceable bathing suit- 'joined together in front and rear as hereinfor women, whereby comfort and ease is combined with quick access and egress.

A further object of the invention is to construct abathing suit for women so peculiarly out and designed as to be simple of construction, composed practically of two parts after more fully described.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, Figure 1 is-an elevation showing the general outlines of one half of the garment; Fig. 2 shows the suit in a finished state; Fig. 3 is one half. of the sleeve, slightly rounded at one corner, and finishing in a crescent as marked by letter-i; Fig. 4 shows a shoulder band which is of rectangular'shape; Fig. 5 is the front neck band;

Fig. 6 is the back neck band; Fig. 7 is a small strap placed under the arm to support the strap or belt; Fig. 8 is a back view show. mg strap connection and tucks, and 9 is a strap or belt having a button at one end and a button hole at the other. z y

The parts of the garment consist essentially of one large iece as seen in Fig. 1 and the minor pieces s own in Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9 all of which go to complete the details of the suit, such as shoulder bands, neck bands and the belt. The belt is sewed over the gathered fullness of the back about the center of the waist line as seen in Fi 8.

The leg bottoms are provided witl i a large seam X and X through which an elastic cord or band is passed, for the purpose of holding the leglets 111 a proper position, such as in the case of a garter effect. The elastic bands or cords may be of different lengths to suit the wearer. Suitable slots y and y are left in the seam of the leglets to enable the final placing of the proper size of said elastic band or cord.

In practice two pieces such as shown in Fig. l are laced together as in one uninterrupted outline and then basted, after which the seam a is sewed from b to 0. Next in order is the seam d which extends from c to The flaps g are then folded, placed together and attached by stitches, thus forming the seam g, see Fig. 2.

The sleeve is now ready to be added and this is done by sewing together two such pieces as seen in Fig. 3, the rounding curve h and the crescent curve t" serving to form a more perfect sleeve and to conform with the curves of the shoulder of the wearer, which otherwise would not be the case were the pieces put together squarely. This curved seam is sewedat oint j, the upper ends being continued big enough above the shoulder line so as to form a fell seam. The tucks k and 7c which are about 3/4 inch wide are made in the front iece on each side of the neck Z Fig. 2, an are lost into the fullness about the bust line. The shoulder band m, Figs. 2 and 4 is now sewed on about 2 1/2 inches from the-outer and upper edge of the sleeve end Fig. 2; this interruption permits of the gathering of the fullness to'form .side plaits '0 and 0, thus together with tucks k and k assurin proper style and fullness over the bust, .wIiich is'so essential to the comfort of the wearer. The sewin is nowv continued across the side plait and ished at the neck. The upper edge of the band is turned downward by one half of itself and finally finished for the button holes. The opposite side of the front is treated in a like manner.

The front neck band p Figs. 2 and 5 is slightly plaited and centered at point 9 Fig. 2 and continued around to the shoulder straps m and m from which points the back neck piece in Figs. 2 and 6 is started and terminated. 1 The side plaits t and t of the back piece Fig. 8 serve to take in the fullness across the shoulders and-the tucks it serve in alike manner to take in the fullness at the waist.

The belt '0 Fig. 9 is sewed across the tucks at Fig. 8 and finds further support in stra s w and to which are sewed on to the b0 y pieces and passing around to the front, the ends are fastened together by means of a button and button hole.-

The bottoms of the leglets X and X are turned u ward to form an open seam y and y throng which as before explained a suitable piece of elastic band or cord is passed for the purpose of keeping the said seam below the knee joint.

Having thus described my invention what Patent is:' Y w 'as described. w 10 A ladies bathing-suit composed of two In testimony whereof I have. affixed my similar pieces, securedztogether on one edge signature in. presence of'two witnesses. 5 for the major part ofitheir length and on the r other edge by short folded flaps, a shoulder Witnesses:

band secured to the upper. edges of aid JOHN P. BUQKLEY,

pieces and neck band pieces joining'the-ends HELEN RIHI DRETH.

' I claim as new and desire to seci ire by Letters of said flaps end shoulder bend, substantially JJANNETTE BULLIS. T 

